Soil
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Crops grown in regenerative systems have a healthier nutritional profile than the same crops grown conventionally, a new study has found.
10 March 2022
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2 min read
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Popular Countryside Stewardship option AB15 two-year sown legume fallow saw a 9 per cent increase in payment rate this year, guaranteeing growers £569/hectare/year for the five year agreement.
28 February 2022
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3 min read
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An AHDB PhD student is exploring how root exudates help some cereals to compete with black-grass.
30 January 2022
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2 min read
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An innovative method of controlling a range of damaging crop diseases using native, beneficial soil bacteria has emerged from a research-industry collaboration.
29 January 2022
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1 min read
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Farmers face a ‘postcode lottery’ if plans to reward them financially for increasing soil carbon stocks are to be introduced, two leading soil scientists have warned.
23 January 2022
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2 min read
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Farmers face a postcode lottery if plans to reward them financially for increasing soil carbon stocks are to be introduced, two leading soil scientists have warned.
23 January 2022
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2 min read
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More farmers are now exploring the potential of living mulches to improve soil health and reduce the need for bagged fertilisers.
22 January 2022
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3 min read
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Farmers who previously sat on the fence about Countryside Stewardship (CS) should seriously consider the scheme, following the announcement from Defra that payment rates will increase by an average of 30 per cent.
20 January 2022
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3 min read
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With a focus on agroecological food production, this years Oxford Real Farming Conference discussed the latest research on low input crop management.
15 January 2022
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1 min read
